Home Automation and Networking New Carlisle OH

Posted by : Molly Joss

In my Career Advisor column, in which I answer questions from readers about their IT careers, I sometimes get queries from readers who have a lot of experience in wiring houses and offices for electricity. They have a lot of interest in computers, too, but usually not a lot of experience working with new technology. They ask how they can combine their electrical experience with their technological interests into a new IT career.

I tell them about a growing segment of the sprawling IT world: home technology. I often suggest they find out more about computerized products such as smart security systems and home networks. Instead of running electrical cabling, they can run data and other low-voltage cabling instead.

The home-automation and home-technology segments of the IT world are slowly growing, but I think the rate of growth will start to increase over the next few years. With the threat of terrorism in the back of their minds, more people are interested in staying home these days. Or they want to be able to check in with home base more often while they are on the road.

Here are a few examples of the kinds of technology that people are paying to have installed in their homes these days.

-- Security systems with video monitoring capability that you can control via the Web while you're away from home;

-- Programmable thermostats that can sense changes in humidity and temperature within zones and adjust themselves automatically;

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